The cave in front of us was actually kind of inviting. The subtle blue glow that emanated from the hole in the rock made it seem like it had been designed just for us. The dark rock was worn mostly smooth by the splashback of water, or possibly by something else. Regardless, I &...
2023-01-31 23:37:28 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 1st 2016 Traverse Town, 11:00 PM EDT
"Huh." Said Rana as she glanced around. "This isn't really what I was expecting." She didn't sound bothered or anything, just interested, and I had to tamp down a smile at her obvious interest. Admittedly this plac...
2023-01-31 23:32:11 +0000 UTC View PostAs the canoe hit the water, the two of us slipped inside without too much trouble. We'd gotten a running start, so it wasn't too tough, we just had to be sure to land on the canoe before the water swept it away. Once we did, we slid into it and each took up once of the paddles, ...
2023-01-30 23:25:25 +0000 UTC View PostApril 5th 2016 Brightedge City, Hall of Nevers, 10:00 AM EDT
The next morning Barbie got us all up early to clean and arrange everyone so we could greet her guest. It was actually kind of cute how nervous she was to see her friend. I was pretty sure when I...
2023-01-30 22:41:27 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary 12th 2001, Frost Penthouse, 10:00 PM EDT
After sparring, the two of us headed for my place. "Thanks for letting me come over man." Peter said with a groan. We were both pretty exhausted from brawling with each other, but it was that good post work out e...
2023-01-29 20:44:36 +0000 UTC View PostJuly 1st 2016 Mysterious Tower, 10:00 PM EDT
"The fuck you say!" Spat Artemis, as I faced her in one of the side rooms of the tower. My best friend's dark eyes were blazing with anger. "Stay here? You have to be joking. Because when you told us what you were &nb...
2023-01-29 20:34:44 +0000 UTC View PostApril 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Hall of Nevers, 10:00 PM EDT
"Come on!" I growled at the crowd of glaring women surrounding me. "I knew it was safe, My ability is always safe. No one was hurt and everyone is much more secure in the new house. None of...
2023-01-28 16:57:23 +0000 UTC View PostWe avoided Dale's place on the beach as we approached the lake, taking the long way around the shore and circling along the edges in a direction I hadn't even realized we could go. The whole of Riot Bay was absolutely huge but it wasn't a perfect circle. After walking for a bit ...
2023-01-27 20:33:49 +0000 UTC View PostJune 31st 2016 Mysterious Tower, 8:00 PM EDT
I had forgotten something very important about my mentor. All this summoning and defense had drawn attention away from the fact that he wasn't really specialized in this one specific kind of combat. While ...
2023-01-27 20:30:03 +0000 UTC View PostDespite the news of some dangerous river stunt the next day, I actually slept ok. I may have been getting used to living in a state of perpetual peril. Not that I would ever say that to Abel. He would probably use it as an excuse to double my training intensity or somethin...
2023-01-26 20:07:42 +0000 UTC View PostApril 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Warehouse District, 9:00 PM EDT
Of course, that wasn't the end of things. I spent the next hour hashing out details and making sure our 'cooperation' would go off without a hitch. Sadly, they were pretty firm about not givin...
2023-01-26 19:53:11 +0000 UTC View PostBefore we went to sleep, I did all five wishes. I traded fifteen points of various stats for fifteen points of Fantasy. The summoners today had made a big impression, and I was interested in gaining the ability to do that kind of thing. I'd been saving my wishes for the end &nbs...
2023-01-25 19:37:28 +0000 UTC View PostJune 31st 2016 Mysterious Tower, 7:00 PM EDT
In the end, we divided up the teams to include the strongest fighters on each side so no one team was overpowered. Me, Zee, John, Roxas, Namine, Drea, Kit and Eddie, VS. Rana, Jim, Artemis, Wally, Sindella, Suzi...
2023-01-25 19:23:54 +0000 UTC View PostOwen was not happy to see us again. He didn't bitch too much though. We introduced him to Sydney, Lestri, and Lament, and given he was still gathering information on outsiders for the tournament, he seemed at least partially mollified. I briefly felt bad for not telling her abou...
2023-01-24 21:25:58 +0000 UTC View PostApril 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Warehouse District, 8:00 PM EDT
As we followed behind the two archer's, I had to at least ask. "So...Arrowette. You new? Because Artemis I've met before, but last I checked Green Arrow only had the one sidekick." The blonde ...
2023-01-24 21:21:00 +0000 UTC View PostI immediately turned to Abel. "Wow, that guy seems tough." I said excitedly. "Who is he?" Lament was supposed to be on Abel's level, or close to it, so this guy must be some local bighshot, or maybe one of the outsiders I hadn't heard about yet. If it was the former, Abel ...
2023-01-23 20:15:12 +0000 UTC View PostJune 31st 2016 Mysterious Tower, 6:00 PM EDT
We all wanted to know what Fatal Crest could do, but Jim put his foot down. He insisted if we made a big ruckus about every keyblade after awakening we'd waste tons of time, so he said that we should do all &nbs...
2023-01-23 18:47:11 +0000 UTC View PostFebruary 12th 2001, Midtown Landfill, 8:00 PM EDT
We spent the rest of the day just hanging out as we got ready for our sparring match. I was having a hard time calming down honestly. I used to spare often with some of the other mutants at the Academy, but...
2023-01-22 22:17:38 +0000 UTC View PostApril 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Warehouse District, 7:00 PM EDT
Since we didn't want to stand around for an hour while we talked, I had Amy create a pair of amethyst chairs for the two of us. Her constructs were temporary unless she used real amethyst as a...
2023-01-22 20:16:07 +0000 UTC View PostJune 22nd 2016 Mysterious Tower, 6:00 PM EDT
After spending about twenty minutes grilling me about how my void sphere worked, then another thirty lecturing me about testing unpracticed magic combinations in battle, Master Yen Sid had me fight the armors a ...
2023-01-21 16:14:14 +0000 UTC View PostWith all the glows from the hand stamps and the Perception we all had, it was effortless to see in the darkened restaurant. It was sort of surreal, with the shifting glows moving along with the hands of the people nearby. Still, despite the minor confusion, we were all well &nbs...
2023-01-20 20:15:50 +0000 UTC View PostApril 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Warehouse District, 6:00 PM EDT
I settled things down in the undercity quickly after the oath. I had quite a bit to think about after Tamlin filled me in on more of my mom's story. He'd told me several detailed accounts he'd...
2023-01-20 19:53:26 +0000 UTC View PostThe inside of the Chaotic Wombat was...weird. I'd seen a lot of places, and even lived in a pretty unusual location myself. The orange dyed house we had up in Rajak proper was strange to look at the first time. Still, the Wombat took the cake, or rather...it was made of it.
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I stayed in the Outer Body Trance longer than expected. Once I managed to regulate the power of my spells, I had to do it AGAIN with my armor out, since the damn thing augmented magic. It took me about a thousa...
2023-01-19 23:53:51 +0000 UTC View PostIn the end we got six of the twelve remaining F-ranked chits to split between us, and left Dale's with everyone else heading to dinner with Wren and Vector. They had arranged a meal with the rest of the Spear Legion, but I was confused about where. "So wait." I said, perplexed. ...
2023-01-18 22:14:49 +0000 UTC View PostApril 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Undercity, 3:00 PM EDT
Tamlin didn't physically react to my words, no clenching of the teeth or tightening of the jaw, but from one breath to the next the air around is shifted into an almost suffocating pressure. I called on my P...
2023-01-18 22:06:35 +0000 UTC View PostBy the time we got back to the shore, I was at least able to stand. I was still sore as hell, but my Vitality had patched me up enough that my muscles worked at least. Callie looked just as bruised and uncomfortable, but she also looked just as ecstatic as I felt. Despite ...
2023-01-17 23:00:27 +0000 UTC View PostJune 22nd 2016 Mysterious Tower, 10:00 AM EDT
I was up the next morning bright and early ready to train. I had a goal to do some rituals with the girls to top up my points and try for another keyblade either today or tomorrow depending on when I felt up to...
2023-01-17 22:28:23 +0000 UTC View PostThe massive tide of blue liquid hit the ship like...well, a tidal wave. Our feet were planted on the deck firmly as the wall of water rushed at us, and I could easily see the dark forms of writhing fish riding the wave like some nightmarish parody of birds on the wing. I c...
2023-01-16 21:11:17 +0000 UTC View PostApril 4th 2016 Brightedge City, Undercity, 2:00 PM EDT
I rushed slightly leaving the bar, mostly because I was kind of freaked out. I wasn't a history nerd, and I never really got much into folklore, but I had a damn good memory even before the mental upgr...
2023-01-16 20:56:25 +0000 UTC View Post